Research Guides: Public Policy & Administration: Journal Articles & Reports

Policy Articles and Databases

ABI/INFORM This link opens in a new window
ABI/INFORM features full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business, and economics periodicals. Researchers can locate country- and industry-focused reports, and its international focus provides a picture of companies and business trends around the world.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Business Source Complete is a full text database of articles from popular, scholarly, and trade publications. Subjects covered include management, economics, finance, accounting, international business. Dates of coverage: 1886 to present.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) This link opens in a new window
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is a source for theory and research in international affairs. It includes scholarship, working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals, case studies for teaching, and policy briefs.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar is a central search for scholarly literature. It covers disciplines and sources, peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.
Health Policy Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Health Policy Reference Center contains full-text coverage of information relevant to many areas integral to health policy including, but not limited to: Health Care Access & Delivery, Health Care Administration, Health Care Financing & Economics, Health Care Planning, Health Care Quality, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Law, Health Services Research, Long Term Care, Maternal & Child Health, Medical & Health Care Ethics, Public Health, and Social Medicine.
PAIS International This link opens in a new window
PAIS International contains journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies for public affairs, public and social policies, and international relations.
Policy File This link opens in a new window
Policy FIle offers access to U.S. foreign and domestic policy papers and gray literature, with abstracts and links to timely reports, papers, and documents from think tanks, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), research institutes, advocacy groups, agencies, and other entities.
Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science Core) This link opens in a new window
Indexes journal literature in the social sciences. Dates of coverage: 1900 to present.

National Arts Policy Database
A tool that enables users to access current information on a multitude of topics related to arts policy. Records in the database are classified into four types: research abstracts, news articles, project profiles, and sample documents. The database is updated weekly and contains over 8,200 records—providing arts policy researchers, advocates, and administrators with comprehensive information on arts policy and practice.
Think Tank Search (from Harvard Kennedy School Library & Knowledge Services)
Think Tank Search is a custom Google search of more than 250 U.S. and non-U.S. think tank websites. LKS defines think tanks as institutions affiliated with universities, governments, advocacy groups, foundations, non-governmental organizations, and businesses that generate public policy research, analysis, and activity.